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Staten Island man fatally struck by car in N.J.

CLIFTON, N.J. -- A construction worker from West Brighton was struck and killed early yesterday morning as he walked in the center lane of the Garden State Parkway in northern New Jersey.

Albert Marques, 44, of Hart Avenue, was on foot in the roadway near a construction site at an overpass at Exit 154 of the Parkway just south of Route 46 in Clifton, N.J., at about 1:40 a.m. when he was hit by a car driven by Jasper Lymon, Jr., of Irvington, N.J., according to New Jersey State Police.

Marques was pronounced dead at the scene at about 2:15 a.m., said Sgt. Brian Polite, spokesman for New Jersey State Police.

Lymon, 48, was driving northbound on the Parkway.

With the left lane closed for construction, Marques was walking in the center lane “from right to left” when he was struck, Polite said, adding that Lymon came to a stop and pulled over.

No summonses or citations were issued at the scene. The incident “is still being investigated,” Polite said.

Marques was working for Hackensack-based JM Sanzari Construction Company when he was struck and killed.